Re: student question

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

There was also an extremely well done monograph on Muzika Mizrahit by a 
Harvard undergraduate a few years ago. I haven't the details at hand, but 
you could importune Violet Gilboa in the Judaica Department, Widener 
Library, Librarian to Librarian (you DO have a secret handshake, don't 
you?) for the details.

Best,

Joel

At 01:30 AM 5/5/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Judy, Galeet:
>
>Actually, there's an article (30 pages: not a book, of course) by Edwin 
>Seroussi in English.
>And it is a rather good one:
>
>Seroussi, Edwin.
>Popular music in Israel : the first fifty years
>Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard College Library, 1996.
>
>Enjoy it!
>
>Francesco
>
>
>
>>To my knowledge, there is no such current book of this sort in English
>>(Seroussi's is in Hebrew).  I hear that Amy Horowitz (at the Smithsonian) 
>>will
>>soon be publishing her dissertation on Israeli Mediterranean Music from a few
>>years ago.  I am currently working on a master's thesis on Israeli Middle
>>Eastern genres in Israel.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Galeet
>
>
>>A student came in with a very good question: is there a book on the history
>>of Israeli folk/pop music in English?
>>
>>I've found chapters and references. Bits and pieces. I've also got a number
>>of books on Israeli composers doing classical music or influenced by
>>Israeli folk song, but who has written an actual history of the folk/pop
>>genre? Also, very few of the anthologies give dates of composition. Does
>>anyone know of a listing of titles of popular Israeli music with dates?
>>Some introductions give some dates on some songs in Tara publications, but
>>nothing consistent for every selection.
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